Pakistani police say they have shot dead the leader of the banned group which is behind hundreds of killings in the country. He was killed in a shootout with Security Forces in the punjab region, 13 others killed. Including two of his sons, his group is on the list of terrorist organizations in many countries, including the u. S. , britain, indian and russia. The group has claimed responsibilities for many attacks on shia muslims. He was accused of plotting the 2009 attack on the slow lan can cricket team. He has faced several murder trials but has always been a quitted after witnesses refuse says to testify. We can talk to the author and pakistani analyst joining us from islambad. How significant then is the deniesdemise of the leader of this group. Will it mean that the group will now founder . Yeah, it means quite a big as far as this development is concerned, you can see it from two ways, one is, of course, the personality of him he was the leader as you have told and also the part
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